The following is a transcript of the podcast episode:

Rachael Robertson: Hey everyone, welcome to MedPod Today, the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories. I'm your host, Rachael Robertson.

Today we're talking with Cheryl Clark about a change to the federal grant-making process that's worrying researchers. With Ebola in the news, Shannon Firth talked with the medical teams who treated Ebola patients a decade ago, and she's here to fill us in on those conversations. And lastly, Kristina Fiore will update us on how the hantavirus situation has evolved.

This week, researchers across the country were again expressing outrage over what they considered another Trump administration assault on science. Cheryl Clark is here to tell us more about the situation.

So, Cheryl, what exactly were researchers reacting to?